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The Headline That Jumped Off the Page
We can become numb by the relentless news cycle that can focus on the negative. But every once in a while, a brief sentence can change...
Dr. Ed
Oct 9, 20234 min read
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Why Goldfish Have a Longer Attention Span than We Do
We live in a world of constant, unpredictable, intermittent inattention. We are bludgeoned and bombarded with a tsunami of digital...
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Jan 19, 20233 min read
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Now, where did I put my glasses?
A common medical term is sequela. You pronounce it like this: seh-QWEL-uh. And it means the after-effects of a disease. In other words, a...
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Jan 11, 20234 min read
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The Asteroid That Destroyed Healthcare as We Knew It
We humans survived on the grassy plains of East Africa millions of years ago by the power of community. The power of connectedness....
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Nov 29, 20224 min read
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The Queen's Gambit and COVID: Checkmate
An international chess game is brewing as Russia has positioned more than 100,000 troops close to the border with Ukraine. Any further...
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Jan 10, 20224 min read
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Like Rats in a Cage, Are We Witnessing the Collapse of the Healthcare System?
A classic laboratory experiment involving rodents goes something like this. These smart little caged rats quickly figure out if they...
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Dec 27, 20214 min read
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Do I have to draw you a picture?
The virus variants affect us all, and our lives hang in the balance Growing up in the murky world of thoroughbred racing on the East...
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Dec 19, 20213 min read
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Riding the COVID roller coaster. Have we reached the “Point of No Return”?
Our world plummeted down the rabbit hole of chaos in March 2020 when the nightmare of COVID disintegrated our daily lives. With the...
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Dec 4, 20214 min read
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Real People, Not Just a Number
Would You Do This If You Thought You'd Get Cancer? Let us imagine a football stadium. We don’t have to imagine because on any given...
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Sep 22, 20213 min read
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Not the Spam You Think
Some Divisions Never Heal (and Why We Need to Put Our Differences Aside Now) Austin, Minnesota, was, in the 1980s, a rural community...
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Sep 7, 20212 min read
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How to Find Meaning and Purpose during a Pandemic in a Most Unexpected Way
Stevie has the personality, the looks, the anatomy, the architecture to be, without question, a winning performer. She has the right...
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Aug 26, 20213 min read
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It's Not 'Game Over' with This Deadly Pandemic
We're playing the same risky game with a deadly pandemic. We know what works. We know how to institute a game-winning strategy, but in...
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Aug 10, 20213 min read
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Troubled Times Call for a Declaration of Independence
Troubling times. With COVID we have taken many steps forward toward eradicating this plague, yet now we are taking steps backward as...
Dr. Ed
Jul 30, 20214 min read
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The Plague That Won't Go Away
We have become too complacent about the risks from COVID. The results can be disastrous. Let's look at some prudent guidelines.
Dr. Ed
Jul 19, 20214 min read
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To Mask or Not to Mask? That Is the Question
Mayo Clinic doctor uncovers the truth about wearing a mask Let me start with the bottom line: Those of us who have been wearing masks...
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May 19, 20213 min read
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The Main Thing Is the Main Thing
Where should you put your attention in a post-COVID world? As we slowly stumble out of the pandemic fog and try to find our way in a...
Dr. Ed
Apr 16, 20215 min read
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Pandemic 2.0: Two shots, ready to go, right?
Wrong. As more states in the US open vaccination to anyone and everyone, we need to be mindful of the new rules. Just browse the Facebook...
Dr. Ed
Mar 31, 20215 min read
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Life after COVID (Spoiler alert: not much different) but Medical Care Is Changed Forever
Our nightmare of death and misery is over a year old now. We live with spikes and plateaus, shots and deniers, masks and distancing,...
Dr. Ed
Mar 23, 20213 min read
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Here’s Your COVID Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
In one year our world has gone from normal as we knew it to fully locked down Armageddon doing battle with a deadly bat virus. COVID will...
Dr. Ed
Mar 10, 20213 min read
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When It Comes to Predicting Death, Doctors Have a New, Reliable Tool
In the world of oncology (cancer), hospice, palliative medicine, and the intensive care unit, there is a responsibility for us medical...
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Feb 15, 20213 min read
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